Jonathan Perregaux
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Fake, but cool:
You're right of course; it just would have silenced the OCD in my brain if they'd given Jane a Potion of Understanding or something when she was on the diagnostic table to explain it away.As for why they speak English on Asgard and the Elves have subtitles: Besides Asgardians speaking English since their introduction in the comic books, having them speak English lets the audience identify with them, whereas having the aliens' language be incomprehensible gives them an alien feel. Old movie technique, but effective.
It makes sense to me that the Asgardian royal family would be fluent in just about every language, because they've been alive hundreds to thousands of years and it would be useful to speak the local languages of what Asgard views as essentially colonial territories under its dominion.